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  • Captains of Industry
    James Parton
    [T]he great service rendered by Ludwick to the cause of his adopted country was in supplying her soldiers with good bread. In 1777, Congress gave him a regular commission as 'Superintendent of Bakers and Director of Baking in the Army of the United States,' at seventy-five dollars a month and two rations a day...-from 'Christopher Ludwick, Baker-General of the Revolutionary Arm...
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    16,50 €

  • James Watt
    Andrew Carnegie
    [H]e created a new type of workmen capable of executing his plans, working with, and educating them often with his own hands. Only thus did he triumph, laboring mentally and physically. Watt therefore must always stand among the benefactors of men, in the triple capacity of discoverer, inventor, and constructor.-from 'Captured by Steam'The steam engine, steel tycoon Andrew Carn...
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    35,56 €

  • Triumphant Democracy
    Andrew Carnegie
    The influence of free and universal education, together with that of political institutions which at every point inculcate self-respect and stimulate ambition, must be accorded much weight in keeping the Republic the freest of all civilized nations from pauperism and crime.-from 'Pauperism and Crime'Subtitled 'Fifty Years’ March of the Republic,' this is steel tycoon Andrew Car...
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    34,84 €

  • Hetty
    Charles Slack
    When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York’s financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the World’s Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron -- who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1.6 billion in today’s dollars...
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    17,32 €

  • Peregrinations
    Eric Grant
    Peregrinations: A Man’s Journey is the story of a life that may never have been, that of a man who survived a plane crash, and escaped Portland, Oregon, to become a globetrotting private banker for wealthy Middle Eastern clients. After paying his dues in Liberia under President Tubman, and in Saudi Arabia just before the oil crisis of 1973, Cedric Grant experiences the heyday o...
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    20,96 €

  • Media Man
    Ken Auletta
    Ted Turner revolutionized television. Foreseeing cable's potential in its infancy, he parlayed a tiny UHF station in Atlanta into a national superstation, invented CNN, and transformed sports teams and the MGM film library into lucrative programming. Ken Auletta, the most respected media journalist in America, enjoyed unparalleled access to the outspoken and defiant Turner ...
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    14,84 €

  • Writing Pauline
    Gail J. Stearns / Gail JStearns
    Once in awhile we are confronted with a person’s life and insight so remarkable, we pause to reflect upon our own beliefs, meaning, maturing, theory and theology. This life history of Pauline Thompson encompasses the astonishing life and career of a twentieth-century woman, a life that variously embraced religious symbolism, Jungian analysis, protests and arrests, careers in ed...
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    58,92 €

  • Macy Friends Volume I
    J. Derald Morgan
    This is a book about the descendants of Thomas Macy in the United States of America, extending from 1583 to date. One will find in this book the lineage of such individuals as R. H. Macy, the founder of Macy's Department Stores; General George Nelson Macy. Provost Marshall of the Army of the Potomac; Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University; Elizabeth Powell, the first D...
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    35,82 €

  • Macy Friends Volume I
    J. Derald Morgan
    This is a book about the descendants of Thomas Macy in the United States of America, extending from 1583 to date. One will find in this book the lineage of such individuals as R. H. Macy, the founder of Macy's Department Stores; General George Nelson Macy. Provost Marshall of the Army of the Potomac; Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University; Elizabeth Powell, the first D...
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    50,25 €

  • Master of the Big Board
    Bill Carey
    Jack Massey is one of the unsung heroes of American business. To this day he is the only person ever to take three companies to the New York Stock ExchangeóKentucky Fried Chicken, Hospital Corporation of America, and Winner’s Corporation. According to Forbes, he 'deserves credit for creating the modern fast-food industry.' He should get credit for for-profit hospitals as well. ...
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    26,94 €

  • The Secret Files of Henry F. Sherwood
    Zack Carden
    Henry F. Sherwood is an important person! He was born Heinz Weizenbaum, barely escaped Hitler’s Holocaust, and came to America.He joined the Army in WWII and fought in some of the most horrific battles in the Pacific Theatre. It was during this time he changed his name.After the war he enrolled in the University of Detroit and graduated at the top of his class. In 1955 he enter...
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    13,87 €

  • My Life and Work
    Henry Jones Ford
    Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - We have only started on our development of our country - we have not as yet, with all our talk of wonderful progress, done more than scratch the surface. The progress has been wonderful enough-but when we compa...
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    30,21 €

  • No 'e'
    William M. Wolf / William MWolf
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    19,48 €

  • Camp
    Michael D. Eisner / Michael DEisner
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    31,05 €

  • More Than a Hobby
    David Green
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    18,26 €

  • 31 Months in Japan
    Larry K. Collins / Lorna Collins
    31 Months in Japan the Building of a Theme Park is the story of two Southern Californians embarking on the adventure of a lifetime¿moving to Japan to participate in the construction of the Universal Studios Japan® theme park. Join authors Larry K. & Lorna Collins on an odyssey into a foreign culture where they are often misunderstood and frequently confused. Discover the challe...
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    16,56 €

  • 31 Months in Japan
    Larry K. Collins / Lorna Collins
    31 Months in Japan--the Building of a Theme Park is the story of two Southern Californians embarking on the adventure of a lifetime--moving to Japan to participate in the construction of the Universal Studios Japan® theme park. Join authors Larry K. & Lorna Collins on an odyssey into a foreign culture where they are often misunderstood and frequently confused. Discover the chal...
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    24,89 €

  • Famous Leaders of Industry
    Edwin Wildman
    Readers will find much to admire in the early life stories of leaders in business, government, and technology. From humble beginnings to the heights of fame, these men created opportunities for themselves and others, exerting their influence farther than they could have imagined. Writer Edwin Wildman delves into the biographies of men such as Philip Danforth Armour, the Chicago...
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    24,39 €

  • A Life of George Westinghouse
    Henry G. Prout / Henry GProut
    GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE the man may be overshadowed by his inventions, company, or legend. But in this biography by Henry G. Prout, Westinghouse’s personal life and history are recounted along with his many inventions and enterprises -- and his inventions and enterprises were enormous. 'He dealt in the same week, and often in the same day, with organization, financial and executive...
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    41,49 €

  • Andrew Carnegie
    Barnard Alderson
    Andrew Carnegie: The Man and His Work is a biography written by Alderson Barnard that delves into the life and accomplishments of one of the most successful and influential businessmen in American history. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Andrew Carnegie’s life, from his humble beginnings in Scotland to his rise to prominence as a steel magnate and philanthropist i...
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    32,35 €

  • A Life
    Morris Clegg
    While Morris Clegg’s book purports to be an autobiography, it is in effect a remarkable chronicle of achievement and success--a ’how to’ manual on how to succeed in life, whether at sea or in business, written from personal experience by a man who was not afraid to take risks, and who, apart from establishing a ’laundry’ empire as a successful industrialist, became sought after...
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    18,70 €

  • A Life
    Morris Clegg
    While Morris Clegg’s book purports to be an autobiography, it is in effect a remarkable chronicle of achievement and success--a ’how to’ manual on how to succeed in life, whether at sea or in business, written from personal experience by a man who was not afraid to take risks, and who, apart from establishing a ’laundry’ empire as a successful industrialist, became sought after...
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    29,94 €

  • The One Best Way
    Robert Kanigel
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    48,45 €

  • Janus
    Donald Patrick Foster
    Don Foster, a bright, articulate, athletically built insurance executive gives credence to the dual spirit heralded by Conrad's symbolic use of doppelganger, over playing sometimes with less manipulation than he imagines. A Rasputin control of his own destiny, hoping always to control, perhaps evade, inevitable events we all must confront. Thus he controls others surrounding ...
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    13,86 €

  • Janus
    Donald Patrick Foster
    Don Foster, a bright, articulate, athletically built insurance executive gives credence to the dual spirit heralded by Conrad's symbolic use of doppelganger, over playing sometimes with less manipulation than he imagines. A Rasputin control of his own destiny, hoping always to control, perhaps evade, inevitable events we all must confront. Thus he controls others surrounding ...
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    24,17 €

  • Autobiography of Perry Whiting, Pioneer Building Material Merchant of Los Angeles
    Perry Whiting
    The Autobiography of Perry Whiting, Pioneer Building Material Merchant of Los Angeles is a book written by Perry Whiting that tells the story of his life and career as a building material merchant in Los Angeles during the early 20th century. The book provides a detailed account of Whiting’s experiences as a pioneer in the building material industry, from his humble beginnings ...
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    36,65 €

  • Frank Hornby
    M. P. Gould / MPGould
    Frank Hornby invented the train set, Meccano, the Dinky Toy and Scalextric. Born in 1866, he started his own toy manufacturing company. He 'started' because he read a book called Self Help by Samuel Smiles, which tells the stories of great men who have invented useful things. Originally published in 1915. ...
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    22,42 €

  • Auto-Architect - Autobiography of Gerald Palmer
    C. Balfour / G. M. Palmer
    This second edition of Gerald Palmer's autobiography is published five years after his death in 1999 and Christopher Balfour, who collaborated with Gerald on the first edition, has taken the opportunity to review the impact this talented car designer had on the motor industry and to include some photographs that were not used in the first book. 3 ...
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    25,79 €

  • Success by Default
    Michael Solomon
    Everyone who has ever known the Author has told him he has a story that must be told-now he has. The author shows how he has taken control of his life after many negative experiences in his personal life and in the corporate world. He has witnessed people, including himself, being belittled and stepped on. In his business he defies the corporate bullies and uses their compet...
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    27,07 €

  • Confessions of an Enron Executive
    Lynn Brewer
    ESPIONAGE. FRAUD. POLITICS. 'This book is one of the most chilling and compelling business stories I’ve ever read. Lynn Brewer lived the Enron story, and in a deeply personal, yet highly professional way, lets us peek into what can go horribly wrong in a publicly-traded business. There are some great lessons for leadership in this tale.'Oren Harari,Author, The Leadership Secret...
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    61,55 €


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